Лондон?
I can’t look it up, but merkin von bankrupt’s being called a “short fingered vulgarian” came up at TOP. Someone put the words, “But I’ve never even been to Vulgaria!” in his stupid mouth, so I made this map:
@womanhood_deferred posted this wonderfully satirical 1870 map in the Count to Ten Thousand thread:
The website where I found th’ above map, Jamaican Caves dot org, made it interactive on the site, which is pretty cool.
Double Bubble Gum most popular candy in NY state?? [Remembrances of gum-snapping gal in our B’klyn neighborhood.] IMHO: Chewing gum is much less a candy and much more of an oral fidget toy.
This is my favorite map.
Covering Eurasia and North Africa. This shows every known city in the classical world, distinct buildings in those cities, the roads connecting them, and the miles between them. Sadly, the page showing the British Isles has been mostly lost.
The full map is a bit disorienting, because it has been distorted to fit into a wide, narrow space. It’s meant to display data conveniently rather than be pictoral.
-edited to correct some grammar.
Crossing this here.
Alrighty, here’s one I drew back in high school, from memory:
I drew a lot back then. Also played wargames and when I was bored in class I’d doodle maps of my planned moves for whatever game I had waiting for me at home.
https://whatshouldwedraw.tumblr.com/post/167344499927/from-what-should-we-draw-episode-63-swimless
So, yeah, this is where “Food Mommy” comes from. I don’t like the “chunk-e friend” bit though.
This has a strong Sean Tejaratchi / Liar Town USA vibe.
Why go straight with Kroger, though? Did the mapmaker think Kroger is funny enough on its own?
You were in high school in 1939? Whoa!
Impressive! Only two countries missing.